Forum Permissions

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n release 9.0, the Forums - Moderate permission was renamed Review Abuse.

You can set the permissions for roles on the forum Manage forum > Permissions tab.

To set forum permissions for a role:

1. Navigate to the forum.
2. Mouse over Management.
3. Click Manage forum > Permissions. The Permissions tab is displayed.
4. Click a role to modify, such as Registered Users.  The role permissions list check boxes appear. 
   
   You can search for a permission in the search box, or check the appropriate check box(es) on the list:
   • Attach Local Files - Role can upload and attach files to a post.
   • Attach Remote Files - Role can link to media hosted on a separate server.
   • Bypass Moderation - Role can bypass moderation.
   • Bypass Validation - Role can bypass file type (extension) restrictions when uploading files (depends on Attach Local Files permission).
   • Create Reply - Role can create forum replies.
   • Create Threads - Role can create forum threads.
   • Delete Posts - Role can delete forum posts.
   • Edit Posts - Role can edit forum posts.
   • Edit Settings - Role can edit settings for a forum.
   • Mark Reply as Answer - Role can mark a forum reply as an answer.
   • Mark Thread as Announcement - Role can mark thread as an announcement.
   • Mark Thread as Sticky - Role can mark a forum thread as sticky.
   • Rate Posts - Role can rate forum posts.
   • Read Content - Role can read forum posts.
   • Review abuse - Role can moderate and review abuse in a forum.

    

5. Click Save to apply the settings.